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FZNT02 KNHC 160235
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC SAT MAR 16 2013

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE 
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE

ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAR 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N51W TO 20N70W. W OF FRONT TO 70W WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. N OF 
26N E OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN 
NE SWELL...HIGHEST E OF 40W. FROM 22N TO 26N E OF 50W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N48W TO 20N69W. N OF 26N 
WITHIN 180 NM W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 
FT. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 68W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. FROM 20N TO 26N BETWEEN 42W AND 51W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N43W TO 23N50W THEN 
DISSIPATING COLD FRONT TO 19N68W. N OF 28N W OF FRONT TO 45W NW 
TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 
67W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL...
HIGHEST N OF 29N BETWEEN 50W AND 60W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 26N35W TO 22N42W THEN SHEAR 
LINE TO 20N55W TO 19N65W. N OF 29N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT TO 
60W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
 
.CARIBBEAN S OF 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 78W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 17N 
BETWEEN 70W AND 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 79W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. 

.CARIBBEAN SHEAR LINE FROM 19N72W TO 14N83W. W OF SHEAR LINE TO 
85W...INCLUDING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT W OF 80W...AND 8 FT IN THE WINDWARD PASSAGE.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SHEAR LINE DISSIPATED. CONDITIONS MERGED.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.